A New York City doctor who was one of the first people in the United States to receive the Pfizer-Bioentech corona virus vaccine told Fox News on Monday that he “felt wonderful.”
“This is a very promising day …” Dr. Yves Duroso told The Daily Briefing. “I am so honored and glad to have this opportunity to emulate the importance of this vaccine and how important it is to move forward to get out of this tragic situation we are in.”
Dr. Duroso, head of emergency medicine at Lennox Hill Hospital in New York City, was vaccinated Monday morning with Sarah Lindsay, a complex care nurse at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens.
Pfizer began sending millions of vaccines across the United States over the weekend after the Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization to the vaccine candidate Friday evening. Emergency application approval for a second vaccine candidate from Massachusetts-based Moderna is expected later this month.
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“Everyone is excited,” Dr Turoso told host Dana Perino. “Everyone is really excited, it’s a kind of advanced moment that we all need. You know, we’re still dealing with the second uprising, so to speak, with the Govt in New York. Row workers before you see it. “
Indoor meals in New York City have been closed since Monday due to an increase in cases and hospitals, despite a vaccine coming to the largest city in the United States. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio warned of the possibility of a “complete shutdown” on Monday.
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Addressing the possibility of patients refusing to be vaccinated, Dr. Turoso told Perino: “I think it is important for us to stand behind science and the research that has been done, to tell our patients absolutely that there is nothing to fear.”
“We have to be afraid of COVID.”